Linear logic

- [Instructor] Humans can only do one thing at a time…as much as we like to think we can multitask.…It's even more true that humans can only…thoughtfully perceive one thing at a time,…so providing one experience at a time…in a step-by-step linear fashion makes perfect sense.…I'm referring to this as following a linear logic,…and it's the simplest of ideas that you learned…when you started to learn how to write essays…in elementary school.…If you think about it, we always think about stories…as linear experiences.…

There's a great video of Kurt Vonnegut…explaining what stories look like.…I believe it was what he had proposed as his masters thesis.…So, you know, I can't do as good a job…explaining it as he did.…I definitely suggest you go look it up on YouTube.…But the basic idea is he was explaining…like the shapes of stories…and what stories look and feel like.…If you follow the pink line, what he said was,…"Well, we're creative, we're gonna tell a story of…"on the y-axis from the bottom…"is sickness and poverty and at the top is wealth…

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8/31/2016

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5/9/2016

We are wired for story. We crave it. Storytelling has played an integral role in our ability to make progress. It should come as no surprise, then, that presenting data and information in story form maximizes the effectiveness of our communication. We can create deeper emotional responses in our audience when we present data in story form.

Join data visualization expert Bill Shander as he guides you through the process of turning "facts and figures" into "story" to engage and fulfill our human expectation for information. This course is intended for anyone who works with data and has to communicate it to others, whether a researcher, a data analyst, a consultant, a marketer, or a journalist. Bill shows you how to think about, and craft, stories from data by examining many compelling stories in detail.